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Exploring beyond the conjunctural rhetoric: sociocultural drivers for the “cassava crisis” in Côte d’Ivoire by Mobio, Aubin Jacob ;Fokou, Gilbert ;Aka, Solange ;Kouassi, Kouadio Benal ;Kreppel, Katharina Sophia ;Kouakou, Kouakou Philipps ;Amanzou, Nogbou Andecthi Aubin ;Dao, Daouda ;Bonfoh, Bassirou is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract Despite considerable improvement of food security in low- and middle-income countries over the last decades, food shortages remain persistent in sub-Saharan Africa. The driving forces are often related not only to climate change and other environmental hazards but also to socioeconomic and political factors. In Africa, food security has also assumed a strong urban dimension, raising new issues of physical and financial access to food. However, beyond the conjunctural rhetoric around unregulated food policies, social unrest, socio-economic difficulties, and environmental stresses, an emphasis should be put on socio-cultural aspects of food security. This would be possible through an analysis of “connectivities” between various stages and actors, i.e., food exchange practices between various socio-ecological spaces, and governance coordination in food security strategies. Based on a study on cassava shortage in Cote d’Ivoire in 2015-2016, this paper explores socio-cultural factors associated with food shortage in urban settings. Findings from a qualitative research approach comprising key-informant interviews and focus group discussion with various stakeholders in the cas
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- Author
- Mobio, Aubin Jacob ;Fokou, Gilbert ;Aka, Solange ;Kouassi, Kouadio Benal ;Kreppel, Katharina Sophia ;Kouakou, Kouakou Philipps ;Amanzou, Nogbou Andecthi Aubin ;Dao, Daouda ;Bonfoh, Bassirou
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)